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Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
FantasyThemes Films about animals,
Military humor in film,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Donald O'Connor,
Julie Adams,
Mamie Van Doren,
Chill Wills,
Lynn Bari,
Zasu PittsRating62%
Francis Joins the WACS concerns Peter Stirling's return to the U. S. Army. A computer error assigns junior officer Stirling by mistake to the Women's Army Corps. Peter's old friend Francis once again helps him through his various military and personal problems, including several familiar stays (once again) in the base's psychiatric ward!, 1h20
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Military humor in film,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Donald O'Connor,
Martha Hyer,
Clint Eastwood,
Richard Erdman,
Jim Backus,
David JanssenRating57%
U. S. Army officer Lt. Peter Sterling gets mistaken for his lookalike in the U. S. Navy, Bosun's Mate 'Slicker' Donevan, and as a result gets promptly shipped to Donevan's base. With his old pal Francis, Sterling continues his misadventures, this time in the Navy., 1h21
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Military humor in filmActors Donald O'Connor,
Lori Nelson,
Leonard Nimoy,
Alice Kelley,
Gregg Palmer,
William ReynoldsRating62%
Bumbling former World War II serviceman Peter Stirling is sent to the U. S. Army's military academy at West Point as a reward for stopping a plot to blow up his government workplace. After enrolling, he is privately tutored by his old army friend Francis, which gets him into trouble when he reveals that this tutor is one of West Point's very own mule mascots., 1h25
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres War,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Military humor in film,
Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Buddy films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello,
Dick Powell,
Shemp Howard,
Dick Foran,
Claire DoddRating66%
Popular crooner Russ Raymond (Dick Powell) abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using his real name, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts (Claire Dodd), a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world., 1h39
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres War,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Road moviesActors Burt Lancaster,
Virginia Mayo,
Chuck Connors,
Henri Letondal,
Arthur Shields,
Barry KelleyRating61%
U.S. Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant James O'Hearn (Burt Lancaster) is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. The film alternates between flashbacks and the courtroom, as witnesses give their testimony., 1h49
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political filmsActors Robert Stack,
Diana Barrymore,
John Loder,
Jon Hall,
Nigel Bruce,
Eddie AlbertRating60%
As war breaks out in Europe, young Americans Chuck S. Brewer (Robert Stack), Johnny M. Coe (Leif Erickson) and Wadislaw Borowsky (Edgar Barrier) cross the Atlantic to join the Royal Air Force. Assigned to the Eagle Squadron, made up of other American pilots, they make friends with Squadron Leader Paddy Carson (John Loder), and women flyers Anne Partridge (Diana Barrymore) and Nancy Mitchell (Evelyn Ankers). Chuck is immediately attracted to Nancy, but she already has a boyfriend, Hank Starr (Jon Hall), another pilot in the squadron., 1h24
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Military humor in film,
Political films,
Buddy films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello,
Lee Bowman,
Jane Frazee,
Nat Pendleton,
Samuel S. HindsRating69%
Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown (Abbott and Costello) are sidewalk peddlers who hawk neckties out of a suitcase. They are chased by a cop and duck into a movie theater, not realizing that it is now being used as an Army Recruitment Center. Believing that they are signing up for theater prizes, they end up enlisting instead., 1h33
Directed by Henry Hathaway,
Lewis SeilerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
ComedyThemes Military humor in film,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political films,
Children's films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Gary Cooper,
Jane Greer,
Millard Mitchell,
Eddie Albert,
John McIntire,
Ray CollinsRating62%
At Norfolk Naval Base in the opening months of World War II, Lieutenant John W. Harkness (Cooper), a newly commissioned officer, bids goodbye to wife Ellie (Jane Greer) and reports aboard the PC-1168 unaware that his civilian background in engineering and his Rutgers education has elected him, by means of a hole punched in an IBM card, to head a secret project and command the ship. The Navy has installed a steam engine and an experimental evaporator-condenser in the ship to test its feasibility in patrol craft and has assigned Harkness to conduct the sea trials., 1h
Directed by Arthur LubinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
AdventureThemes Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors John Wayne,
Diana Gibson,
Montagu Love,
Moroni Olsen,
Maurice Black,
Glenn StrangeRating59%
En Polynésie, Duke Slade est un pêcheur de perles qui travaille à son compte. Un jour, alors qu'il est poursuivi par des autochtones, il trouve refuge sur le Mary Drew, un baleinier. Le capitaine Abner Drew accepte de le garder à bord à condition qu'il épouse sa fille Janet, que convoite Rand Husk, le second. Duke accepte mais va se retrouver face à une mutinerie de certains marins, qui veulent les perles., 1h39
Directed by Arthur Lubin,
Robert McKimsonOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Political filmsActors Don Knotts,
Carole Cook,
Jack Weston,
Andrew Duggan,
Charles Meredith,
Larry KeatingRating64%
The story begins September 1941 just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Shy bookkeeper Henry Limpet loves fish with a passion. When his friend George Stickle enlists in the United States Navy, Limpet attempts to enlist as well, but is rejected. Feeling downcast, he wanders down to a pier near Coney Island and accidentally falls into the water. Inexplicably, he finds he has turned into a fish. Since he never resurfaces, his wife, Bessie, and George assume he has drowned.